Kramer's Ergot 5
Kramer's Ergot 6
I bought 3 books on amazon just now. Kramer's Ergot 5, Kramer's Ergot 6 (both Kramer's are compilations edited by Sammy Harkham), and Ninja by Brian Chippendale.
I found them by searching for Fort Thunder, a (legendary) group of artists that were based in Providence Rhode Island in an old building that was torn down in 2001. I guess they must have been RISD people. But anyways, they made great posters, and neat cartoons, and I don't really know what else they made. They are Providence's equivalent of the Hairy Who from Chicago.
I have been seeing painting and drawing in NYC that I think may owe a debt to these Fort Thunder folks, and so I bought these books to be able to think about it better. To know what I am looking at better. To see what there is too know.
Plus, maybe, potentially this is the direction things are going.
Living next to NYC is the best when it comes to getting ideas for art making, I had basically slowed to a complete crawl before moving here, and now I work on my painting and drawing for at least some time every night.
I will let you know what the books are like, if they are worth the money, etc...
1 comments:
i have Kramer's Ergot 6 and it's pretty great. I love the way it all runs together (one artist right next to the other).. i am really a recent comic/graphic novel appreciator and this book opened up a lot of doors for me. those fort thunder guys did a lot for the underground comics world. have you heard the band 'lightening bolt'? i've seen one of their DVDs and it's pretty great to follow them around on tour through the DVD.
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